Our old pal Alvin Yellon got another crack at interviewing Tom Ricketts (remember his previous disaster?), and it seems only fitting to take the time to take it down. So let's get to it. MESA, Arizona — Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts had a busy Monday. First, he had his...

I woke up this morning to a very large number in the red dot on my Twitter icon, and the first one I read said, "Desipio's going to wake up to some bad news." My immediate reaction was that Luis Valbuena had signed a contract with the Cardinals. As much as that would...

Every year the fine people at Awful Announcing do a poll to grade the announcers in the major sports. A couple of days ago they released this year's grades for all of the NFL announcing crews. But something was missing. It wasn't the announcing teams, they got them...

You waited patiently for a year, and...they're back! Andy, Mike and Kyle preview game 163 against the Brewers and, if needed, the Wild Card Game. Enjoy the nonsense: You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Since many of you have decided the Cubs are going to finish the season with five more losses, what would happen if every team in the NL playoff hunt finished 91-71? What would that look like? It would be chaos. Glorious chaos. Because there's only four remaining...

All offseason the Bears media and Bears fans were aligned in their proclamations to give Mitch Trubisky some time to settle into the quarterback job before they freaked out one way or the other. That was never going to be true, and sure enough panic buttons were...

The old Dustbag, Johnnie B. Baker Jr. sat down (presumably without his large adult son Darren sitting on his lap) with The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal to talk about...well, let's just say Dusty's nothing if not consistent. Everything is always everybody's else's fault,...

You'll be shocked to hear that Twitter doesn't always foster the most nuanced discussions. Our old friend and sexy librarian Carrie Muskat doesn't seem to do her mailbag anymore, and god knows when the last time hirejimessian.com did the Muskbox. So let's combine...

The 2016 Cubs created a new generation of Cubs legends with guys you will never forget for all the best reasons. But lost in the glow of a world's championship are the Cubs who paved the way. The greats who toiled in the obscurity of losing. Those who should never be...